title: Maternal mortality: time for national action.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Main is from the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Stanford University, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California; e-mail: MainE@sutterhealth.org. Dr. Menard is a Past President (2012) of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; e-mail: kate_menard@med.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Elliott K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Main
authors.forename: M Kathryn
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Menard
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D011787:Quality of Health Care